Bucket for filling automobile-radiators.



MACKENZaE;

BUCKET FOR FILYIN UTOMOEILE RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FLED APR. 19, I9i5.

arm 24 .so that the valve 13 is normally maintained in closed adjustment. i

Upon reference now to Fig. 1 it will be Areadily discerned that 4when the bucket is filled with Water and the funnel is inserted in a'radiatcr cap, the weight of the bucket will be sufficient to move the bottom wall thereof downwardly against the tension of the valve spring, so that the bill of the goosel neck hook will force the valve into open p0'- sition against the tension of the valve spring. In this connectionit is to be noted that the body poi-tion :26 of the controlling rod rests upon the edge of the radiator 4cap randvthat the hook member is inserted therein with the funnel. It. will also be observed that the valve spring is not of sufficient strength to support the weight of the bucket and, as a result, this member rests upon the body portion Q6 of the controlling rod, thereby maintaining the valve in open position and allowing the Water 'to How from the bucket into the funnel and into the radiator.

In reduction to practice, -it has been found that the form of-this invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description as. the preferred embodiment is the most eflicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is 'desirable to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts vmay be vresorted, to, when required,

without sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is A container including a bodyy having an opening in its bottom wall, said opening be ing deiined by a depending tube, a flap valve secured .within the body and to the bottom Wall thereof at one side of the opening, said Valve overlying the opening in the bottom.

wall, a spring positioned within the body secured to the bottom wall thereof at one side of the opening and at a point substantially diametrie to the point of connection between the valve and bottom wall, said spring overlying the valve for normally maintaining the same in a closed position, and a resilient rod having one extremity secured to the CYRUS W. MAQKENZE. l I `Witnesses WALTER HACKER, MILFoRD Gr.A SURFACE. 

